Samuel Stevens recorded the soundtrack for Sin Papeles four years to the day before filming any images of the church in Barcelona in which a group of migrant workers went on a hunger strike that climaxed in March 2001. Sound remains radically split form image in the final film that is both a political document and a rigorously elegant personal expression. It is shown alongside three films by Joyce Wieland, each employ sensory deception or deprivation for the similar purpose of political expression.

This programme is part of a series of three screenings presenting and contextualising the first public showing of brilliant new work by three young contemporary artists working in London.

Samuel Stevens, Sin Papeles, 2006, 16mm, 10mins

Joyce Wieland
1933, 1967-8, 16mm, 4mins
Pierre Vallières, 1972, 16mm, 30mins
Solidarity, 1973, 16mm, 11mins

Curated by Ian White

£5.50/£3.50 concs & Members
Free for Whitechapel Patrons & Associates.
Advance bookings and tickets on the door.